Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone can learn to understand , however , how wars can be started so easily , there is a hope that more people might work to prevent them . |
| 2 | And while her heart plodded to a dull beat , ‘ It looks as if I shall have to work the entire weekend , ’ he stated . |
| 3 | ‘ All this , if I 'll agree to visit your grandmother . ’ |
| 4 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 5 | Now this means that erm putting it in its simplest way that for any of the districts in North Yorkshire and for Harrogate and if I may presume to say so in Selby in particular where the need is greatest , the local authorities must have the ability to designate what is provocatively called green field land , if they so wish in their local plan , proper consultations and strategic policies , they must have that freedom to do that if they are to be able to offer in their district land which will prove attractive to erm employment generating uses . |
| 6 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
| 7 | I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English . |
| 8 | " I thought of that , " said Clara , " but I do n't know if I would want to teach . |
| 9 | But I still do n't know if I would want to return here . ’ |
| 10 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 11 | Then one day she rang to ask if I would go to see her ; she wanted my advice . |
| 12 | In May I received a letter from two curators , Gabriele Horn and Beatrice Stammer , from the Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin asking if I would like to participate in their room in ‘ 34 Rooms ’ , a project ‘ realised in direct co-operation with 34 curators , critics and others involved in the production of exhibitions , all currently active in Berlin ’ . |
| 13 | She hesitated for a moment , then said , ‘ I met Sid Watkins in Berkeley today and he asked me if I would like to go to the Licensed Victuallers Dinner at the Princes Hotel with him tonight . |
| 14 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 15 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 16 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 17 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 18 | After I had produced talks and features for a year or so , Jack Radford asked me one day if I would like to take charge of a music show . |
| 19 | Presently he drew me aside to suggest that if I would like to give him a certain sum his wife and daughter would go immediately and prepare a gypsy supper . |
| 20 | When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her . |
| 21 | Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them . |
| 22 | It was while I was in this slough of despond that my publisher rang to ask if I would like to read a manuscript that needed transforming into a readable book before it could be published . |
| 23 | As we settle around a large table , John Schlesinger , the director , asks if I would like to read the minor parts . |
| 24 | I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton . |
| 25 | If I went to Bristol it looked very much as if I would have to go without my prop . |
| 26 | It looked as if I would have to have a go at the electricity meter with an electro-magnet again . |
| 27 | ‘ I had a phone call from Mr. Mendelson. ’ — the solicitor — ‘ He asked me if I would agree to accept half of the stock of Mr. Mahmoud on condition that I would not go to court against him . |
| 28 | ‘ I know ; sometimes I feel as if I should like to knock all their heads together . ’ |
| 29 | For if I should wish to love you and no other except for my wedded husband I shall not fail to tell you . " ) |
| 30 | If Mr Spicer 's dismissal for drunkenness last Christmas was a charade ; if he is still in fact in your employment though not as a chauffeur ; if your American mistress telephoned Mr Fairfax-Vane and lured him here ; if I should happen to fall victim to a break-in apparently arranged by Mr Fairfax-Vane in order to lay his hands on my Tunbridge Ware but actually carried out by Mr Spicer in order to bring about my death ; if my demise should leave you in possession of your father 's letters and free to publish them … |